Criterion
Special measures were taken to ensure de facto equality for people with disabilities
Election Parts
Issues
Summaries
- Measures should be taken to ensure that persons with disabilities have adequate access to civil and voter education.
- Specific measures aimed at ensuring de facto equality for persons with disabilities should not be considered discriminatory.
- Distinctions made on the basis of disabilities are to be considered discrimination.
- Access to the media should be guaranteed to all political parties and candidates and be fairly distributed.
- Discrimination must not be practiced based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and expression, migrant, refugee, repatriate, stateless or internally displaced status, genetic trait, mental or physical health condition, including infectious contagious condition and debilitating psychological condition, or other status at any time.
- Election management bodies should ensure that women and marginalized groups participate in the electoral process.
- Women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination.
- Discrimination means any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, or national or social origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.